The demographic for this contest seems to be young people who might
become excited about radio and contesting. They are generally very
computer savvy and internet savvy. This contest seems well designed for
that demographic. Young potential contesters who lack a computer
probably view U-Tube videos, make new international friends on a social
network and program aps on their telephone and don't find a computer
necessary.
It was not designed to help old f__ts transition to a new mode in their
dotage <grin>.
No one reading this lacks access to a computer. Non-issue. (My
apologies to the one person who reads a printed copy of this email
received next June by snail mail from their WW1 buddy).
Rich
NU6T
Old F__rt in training.
John Geiger wrote:
> But why force someone to have a computer if they want to play radio
> contesting? The rules more or less say, if you don't have a computer, we
> don't want you in our rookie contest.
>
> 73s John AA5JG-who still logs on paper for non-contest QSOs
>
> --- On Fri, 2/12/10, Charlie Gallo <Charlie@TheGallos.com> wrote:
>
>
>> From: Charlie Gallo <Charlie@TheGallos.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Rookie Contest
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:24 PM
>>
>> On 2/12/2010 Doug Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The target audience
>>> of this contest is far less likely to have a computer
>>>
>> in their shack.
>>
>> You really think so? It's 2010. It's estimated
>> that 78+ percent of US Households had a computer in 2007
>>
>> I'd bet that in ham radio (lets face it, Ham Radio is
>> discretionary spending), the number approaches 100%, except
>> for a few old diehards who LIKE manual logging
>>
>> Now, broadband connections are another matter, as there are
>> places where they are just NOT available (I have a friend
>> who is waiting for the next leg of cable TV to be put in ,
>> as it has only reached as far as next door. He doesn't
>> want the TV, he wants broadband)
>>
>> I personally think 10 minutes is a BIT tight, for the
>> simple matter if you are stuck on dialup, it might be an
>> issue, but I could easily see 30 minutes
>>
>> --
>> 73 de KG2V
>>
>> For the Children - RKBA!
>>
>> My Website: http://www.thegallos.com
>> My Blog: http://kg2v.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Blame the idiots. Think globally, but mock them locally.
>> "
>> -- mwalker (walker@msgto.com)
>> on slashdot.org
>>
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